⌘ | Command key |
⌃ | Control key |
⌥ | Option key |
⇧ | Shift Key |
⇪ | Caps Lock |
fn | Function Key |
Key combination | What it does |
Command-C | Copy the selected data to the Clipboard |
Command-X | Remove the selected item and place a copy on the Clipboard |
Command-V | Place a copy of (paste) the Clipboard contents into the current document or app |
Key combination | What it does |
Command-Shift-3 | Capture the screen to a file |
Command-Shift-Control-3 | Capture the screen to the Clipboard |
Command-Shift-4 | Capture a selection of the screen to a file, or press the spacebar to capture just a window |
Command-Shift-Control-4 | Capture a selection of the screen to the Clipboard, or press the spacebar to capture just a window |
Key combination | What it does |
Command-A | Select all items or text in the frontmost window |
Command-Z | Undo the previous command (some apps allow you to undo multiple times) |
Command-Shift-Z | Redo, puts back the last change made with undo (some apps allow you to redo multiple times) |
Command-Space bar | Show or hide the Spotlight search field (if multiple languages are being used simultaneously, this shortcut may rotate through enabled script systems instead) |
Command-Option-Space bar | Show the Spotlight search results window (if multiple languages are installed, may rotate through keyboard layouts and input methods within a script) |
Command-Tab | Move forward to the next most recently used app in a list of open apps |
Option-Media Eject (⏏) | Eject from secondary optical media drive (if one is installed) |
Command-Brightness down (F1) | Toggle 'Mirror Displays' on multi-monitor configurations |
Command-Brightness up (F2) | Toggle Target Display Mode |
Command-Mission Control (F3) | Show Desktop |
Command-F5 | Toggle VoiceOver On or Off |
Option-Brightness (F2) | Opens 'Displays' System Preference |
Option-Mission Control (F3) | Open Mission Control preferences |
Option-Volume key (F12) | Open Sound preferences |
Command-Minus (–) | Decrease the size of the selected item |
Command-Colon (:) | Display the Spelling and Grammar window |
Command-Semicolon (;) | Find misspelled words in the document |
Command-Comma (,) | Open the front app's preferences window |
Command-Question Mark (?) | Open the Help menu |
Command-plus (+) or Command-Shift-Equals (=) | Increase the size of the selected item |
Command-Option-D | Show or hide the Dock |
Command-Control-D | Show or hide the definition of a selected word |
Command-D | Selects the Desktop folder in Open and Save dialogs |
Command-Delete | Selects Don't Save in dialogs that contain a Delete or Don't Save button |
Command-E | Use the selection for a find |
Command-F | Open a Find window or find text in a document |
Command-Option-F | Move to the search field control |
Command-G | Find the next occurrence of the selection |
Command-Shift-G | Find the previous occurrence of the selection |
Command-H | Hide the windows of the currently running app |
Command-Option-H | Hide the windows of all other running apps |
Command-Option-I | Display an inspector window |
Command-M | Minimize the active window to the Dock |
Command-Option-M | Minimize all windows of the active app to the Dock |
Command-N | Create a new document in the frontmost app |
Command-O | Display a dialog for choosing a document to open in the frontmost app |
Command-P | Print the current document |
Command-Shift-P | Display a window for specifying document parameters (Page Setup) |
Command-Q | Quit the frontmost app |
Command-S | Save the active document |
Command-Shift-S | Display the Save As dialog or duplicate the current document |
Command-Option-T | Show or hide a toolbar |
Command-W | Close the frontmost window |
Command-Option-W | Close all windows in the current app |
Command-Z | Undo previous command (some apps allow for multiple Undos) |
Command-Shift-Z | Redo, puts back last change made using undo (some apps allow for multiple Redos) |
Command-Option-esc | choose an app to Force Quit |
Command-Shift-Option-Esc (hold for three seconds) | Force Quit the front-most app |
Key combination | What it does |
Command-B | Bold the selected text or toggle bold text on or off |
Command-I | Italicize the selected text or toggle italic text on or off |
Command-U | Underline the selected text or toggle underline on or off |
Command-T | Show or hide the Fonts window |
fn-Delete | Forward Delete (on a portable Mac's built-in keyboard) |
fn-Up Arrow | Scroll up one page (same as Page Up key) |
fn-Down Arrow | Scroll down one page (same as Page Down key) |
fn-Left Arrow | Scroll to the beginning of a document (same as Home key) |
fn-Right Arrow | Scroll to the end of a document (same as End key) |
Command-Right Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the end of the current line |
Command-Left Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the current line |
Command-Down Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the end of the document |
Command-Up Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the document |
Option-Right Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the end of the next word |
Option-Left Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the previous word |
Option-Delete | Delete the word that is left of the cursor, as well as any spaces or punctuation after the word |
Command-Shift-Right Arrow | Select text between the insertion point and the end of the current line (*) |
Command-Shift-Left Arrow | Select text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line (*) |
Command-Shift-Up Arrow | Select text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document (*) |
Command-Shift-Down Arrow | Select text between the insertion point and the end of the document (*) |
Shift-Left Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the left (*) |
Shift-Right Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the right (*) |
Shift-Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the line above, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location (*) |
Shift-Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the line below, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location (*) |
Shift-Option-Right Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again (*) |
Shift-Option-Left Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again (*) |
Shift-Option-Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again (*) |
Shift-Option-Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again (*) |
Control-A | Move to beginning of line or paragraph |
Control-B | Move one character backward |
Control-D | Delete the character in front of the cursor |
Control-E | Move to the beginning of a line or paragraph |
Control-F | Move one character forward |
Control-H | Delete the character behind the cursor |
Control-K | Delete from the character in front of the cursor to the end of the line or paragraph |
Control-L | Center the cursor or selection in the visible area |
Control-N | Move down one line |
Control-O | Insert a new line after the cursor |
Control-P | Move up one line |
Control-T | Transpose the character behind the cursor and the character in front of the cursor |
Control-V | Move down |
Command-{ | Left-align a selection |
Command-} | Right-align a selection |
Command-| | Center-align a selection |
Command-Option-C | Copy the formatting settings of the selected item and store on the Clipboard |
Command-Option-V | Apply the style of one object to the selected object (Paste Style) |
Command-Shift-Option-V | Apply the style of the surrounding text to the inserted object (Paste and Match Style) |
Command-Control-V | Apply formatting settings to the selected object (Paste Ruler) |
Command+A | These two keys selects all text or other objects. |
Command+B | Bold highlighted text. |
Command+C | Copy any selected text or other objects. See the Control C page for further information. |
Command+F | Open find. |
Command+I | Italicize text. |
Command+K | Create a hyperlink for the highlighted text in Microsoft Word and many HTML editors. |
Command+N | Create a new page or document. |
Command+O | Open a file in most programs. |
Command+P | Open print window to print page you're viewing. |
Command+R | Show or hide the ruler. |
Command+S | Save the document or file. |
Command+U | Underline selected text. |
Command+V | Paste any text or other objects that was copied. |
Command+W | Close the front window for an application. |
Command+X | Cut selected text or other objects. |
Command+Z | Pressing these two keys will undo any action. |
Command+Delete | Delete a selected file or folder. |